News & Updates
CReM Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Pioneering Center for Stem Cell Research
Professor of Medicine Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, recalled fellow Argentinian scientist and Nobel Prize winner Cesar Milstein telling him that as young scientist you are presented with a ball full of knots and that you keep untying them, one knot at a time, and, maybe, 20 years later you might have... More
Call for DEIA Week Volunteers – Apply Here!
The Department of Medicine will hold its first annual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Week the week of March 18, 2024. We are looking for members of our faculty, staff, and trainees to take part in the planning and implementation of this event. In the DoM, we are dedicated to fostering a... More
Dr. Frederick Ruberg Named Next Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
The Department of Medicine is very pleased to announce that Dr. Frederick L. Ruberg will become the next Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, effective December 1, 2023. Dr. Ruberg will also be appointed as the Thomas J. Ryan Professor of Medicine. As you all know, he has served Boston Medical... More
DoM Seeking Applicants for the Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award
Since the 2008-9 academic year, the Department of Medicine has made annual awards to recognize and assist outstanding junior faculty investigators through the Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award. We are pleased to announce that we are now seeking applications for AY 24-25. The award provides two years of support at up... More
Embracing Culture to Inform Care – Meet DoM Endocrinologist & Director of Obesity Medicine at BMC
Meet Dr. Ivania Rizo, endocrinologist and the director of obesity medicine at BMC. She shares a bit about herself, what Hispanic Heritage Month means to her, and what she enjoys about her work. 💭 How does your upbringing impact your care? 🗣 I was born in Wisconsin to Nicaraguan parents who were studying... More
DoM Faculty Members Awarded Bridge Funding Through the BMC CSO Office
We are delighted to announce that four DoM faculty researchers have been awarded bridge funding through the BMC CSO Office. We would like to both share their accomplishments with our community and also thank BMC leadership for their commitment to and investment in our research faculty. Dr. Sarah Bagley, Departments of... More
AY23 DoM Annual Report
James Hudspeth, MD FACP Selected to Serve as the Next Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
We are pleased to announce James Hudspeth, MD FACP as the next Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Hudspeth will begin in this role in November 2023. Dr. Hudspeth joined the medical staff at Boston Medical Center in 2011 as a hospitalist and was appointed... More
DoM Faculty Promotions – May – July 2023
Congratulations to the following Department of Medicine Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Professor Frederick Ruberg, MD, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, is associate chief for cardiovascular medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a clinical scientist with expertise in cardiac amyloidosis with continuous funding since 2005. More
DoM Highlights of AY23
As we begin the 2023-24 academic year, we continue to celebrate the school’s 175th anniversary with a variety of activities this calendar year. The following are notable highlights of the 2022-23 school year: Faculty Honors Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, received the American Heart Association’s 2022 Distinguished Scientist award. She also received the... More